Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

NOTEBOOK “ζ”

JOURNAL DE GENÈVE, APRIL 7, 1915

Journal de Genève, April 7, 1915.

A leading article entitled: “The Harm of Talking Too Much” discusses the book:Lessons of the 1914 Yellow Bookby HenriWelschinger, Member of the Institute, published by Bloud et Gay, Paris.

On July 13, 1914 (note the date!), M. Ch. Humbert, “the reporter for the War Committee”, anxious to demonstrate France’s unpreparedness, told the Senate that France had practically no heavy artillery, even of 10-13-21 cm. Mortars of 28 cm. would be available ... in a year’s time!!

at the end of 1915 (!!) France would have

200 long 105 mm. guns, and at the end of 1917 (!!!) 200 short 120 mm. howitzers.